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of California, have invented new and useupon the finish and cost. The door 5 may be 60 ful Improvements in Clothing-Cabinets, of of any construction and embodies a frame which the following is a specification. and panels` the frame being preferably of he invention is specifically intended to Wood and the panel or panels beine of any supply a cabinet for clothing which When material such as Wood, plate glass or the Vclosed maintains a close joint to exclude dust like The edges of the door frame are 65 and which when open exposes the clothing` formed with grooves in which are iitted in convenient position either for display or strips -6 of felt, rubber or like packin'g genfor ready access.` erally employed for securing a close joint. lThe invention contemplates a cabinet of he packing strips are retained in the the character hereinbefore stated embod grooved edges oi the door frame by means ing a'door Whrch 1s centrally plvoted one of securing strips or in any desired way. side of the door having a metal frame se- A metal frame 7 is secured to the inner side cured thereto and adapted to receive of the door and serves to strengthen and rebrackets and rods, said brackets having adinforce the same. The metal trame 7 is justable connection withk the metal frame to formed of angle iron, which insures botha support the rods 'at the required elevation light andrsubstantial structure. The verto estsuit the leneth of clothing to be intical members of the metal frame 7 have a closed Within the cabinet for protection. plurality of keyhole slots 8 'which provide he invent-ion further contemplates for vertical adjustment ofbrackets 9, which y mountings and dust excluding means of are secured to the metal frame by means ot unique and peculiar construction and arfastenings 10 consisting of bolts and thumb rangement for the door. nuts, the latteriadmitting of tightening the The invention consists of the novel t'eafastenings after the brackets have been adtures, details of construction and combinajusted. The keyhole slotsr 8` admit ot adtion of parts, which hereinafter Will be more justing of the brackets 9 Without necessitat- 85 particularly set forth, illustrated in the acing the removal ot' the fastenings 10 there companying drawings, and pointed out in from. When it is requiredv to adjust the the appended claim. l brackets the fastenings 10 are loosened suitieterring tothe drawings, lforming a part ciently to admit of their free movement in of the specification, Figure 1 is a front view the slots 8, the heads oi' the bolts passing 90 of acabinet embodying the invention. Fig. t rough the larger ends of the slots and 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet with When the brackets are in position the fastenthe door swung so as to expose the inner side ings enter the smaller ends of the slots 8 and thereof provided With the brackets and rods. are tightened by turning up the thumb Fig. 3 is a Vertical central-transverse secnuts. The outer ends of the brackets 9 are 95 tion of the front portion of the cabinet, supported by means of braces 11, Which are showing the parts on a larger scale and havadjust-ably connected to the vertical meming the intermediate portion of the door bers of the metal frame 7 in a manner simibroken away. Fig. l is a view of the upper lar to the brackets 9. The outer ends ot portion of the ycabinet and door illustrating the brackets are recessed and receive rods 12 100 the parts on a larger scale and showing the from which the clothing is suspended. Coat umper and the position of the door when, hooks or hangers 13 ot' any design may be turned to throw the clothes supporting attached to the outer ends oit' the brackets means outward. 9. The brackets may be adpisted vertrcall 'Corresponding and like parts are referred to adapt them to thc lennth of the clothing 105 .to in the following description, and indito be housed-Within the cabinet. Journals cated in all the views of the drawings, by 14 are secured to the horizontal members of the same reference characters. the metal frame 7 at a central point and en- The cabinet may be of any size or conter sockets 15 secured to the upper and lower struction and comprises a top l, bottom 2, portions of the cabinet. Balls are placed l1" 'UN STATE@ PATENT M PAUL SCI-HEBER, 0F SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. CLOTHIGABINEl Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1911.

back 3 and sides 1, thefront Ltn. Patented Apr. 23, MM2.

Ser'ia1\ No. 654,701.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownv that I, .PAUL Someren, a supplied, with citizen of the United States, residing at San to turn about iego, in the county of San Dk go. and State axis.

being open and `a'door 5, which is mounted a centrally disposed verticai Thedesign of the cabinet Will depend Within the sockets 15 to insure an easy turning or rotation ot the door When swinging the same open or closed.

A bracket 16 is secured to the upper portion of the cabinet at one side of a central line and a trame 17 is pivoted thereto, said frame being forked and supporting a roller 1S, which is rubber faced to constitute a bumper to check the opening movement ot' the door and to hold the same in open position. A fiat spring 19 is secured at one end to the bracket 16 and its opposite end engages with the trame 1T and exerts a douf'nwartl pressure thereon to hold the wheel 1S within the path of the door. The frame 17 is limited in its downward movement by reason ot the rule joint con- Y nection thereof with the bracket 1G.

The cabinet may be ot any construction and may be supplied with the door or may be constructed by the user, the door and adjunctive parts being factorially constructetland supplied to the trade. It is contemplated to construct the cabinet so that it may be shipped in a knockdown form, thereby reducing the cost o't transportation to the smallest amount possible.

The clothing to be protected by the cabinet is lsuspended by means ot the brackets either from the rods 12 or the hangers 13 or both. The height and relative position of the brackets will depend upon the nature' of the clothing to be placed within the cabinet. lVhen the cabinet is closed the door occupies a position with the brackets facing inward and with the strip edges of the door opposite the inclosing portion of the front of the cabinet. Then the cabinet is open the door is turned so asto throw'the bracket i outward, thereby exposing the clothing so that the same may be displayed to advantage or accessieadily had thereto.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and 45 of the method ot' operation will be readil apparent to those skilled in the art to Whic the invention appertains, described the principle of operation of the invention, together with' the device :which I now consider to be the embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, andl y that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of Athe claim appended hereto.

Having thus what is claimed as new, is

In combination a cabinet having an open front, a door for closing the t'ront of the cabinet, a metal frame secured to the inner side of the door for stitfening' andystrengthening the same, journals secured to the upper and lower horizontal portions of the. metal trame, and sockets itted to the upper and lower portions of 4the, cabinet above and below the door opening and receiving the respective journals. i In testimony whereof I atlix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL SCHIEFER.

Vitnesses H. S. Manvm, AMY STARRIE'rrE.

and While I have l described the invention n 

